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YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).

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Yemen fighting pushes nearly 3,000 to Djibouti in less than a week: UN    Nearly 3,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in less than a week as escalating violence drives growing displacement within the country and across its borders, the UN refugee agency said Friday. “Refugees continue to arrive by boat through Obock, Khor Angar, Moulhoule and Godoria after difficult journeys in small vessels,” UNHCR representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours told reporters in Geneva, Anadolu Agency reported. More than half of those crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are women and children, while some families have been displaced for a second time after previously fleeing Yemen during the 2015 crisis and later returning. UNHCR is preparing for at least 10,000 new arrivals but warned that capacity is rapidly diminishing. Markazi refugee village, designed for 5,000 people, was already hosting more than 2,700 Yemenis and 1,500 Eritreans. More than 100,000 people have also been displaced ins...
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PHOTOS FROM TONTO DIKEHS CHARITY TOUR.

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              Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh,who have been on tour to various charity homes in Ghana and in Nigeria,sharing gift items.She is operating under her own Tonto Dikeh foundation,which was formed to help the poor.This last December,not only did she visit charity homes in Ghana,but she also organised football matches.Now,she was seen visiting the Teaching Hospital in Ikeja Lagos for which she went round the wards,sharing toys and gift items personally to the sick.That is vary thoughtful of her.More photos below.                           
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7 MALI SOLDIERS,KILLED TODAY BY SOME ISLAMIC MILITANTS.

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                   A spokesman for the Malian army,confirmed the attack in the town of Nampala,northeast of the capital Bamako,but he declined to give pressmen any details about the casualties.A Mayor named Oumar Diakite said the islamist gunmen killed at least seven Malian soldiers near the Mauntarian border,two years after France helped take back the territory seized by al-Qaeda linked militants.''The attack started at 4am.The Islamist were on motorbikes ans some were on foot.They killed seven soldiers before they were chased out of the army''.
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NIGERIAN LABOUR CONGRESS,FAULTS THE 2015 BREAKUP PREDICTION OF NIGERIA.

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               Ever since they predicted that Nigeria might be divided in 2015 by some international observers several years ago.The prediction is now like a jinx on Nigerians because when ever there is problem in the government,Nigerian citizens will start panicking saying ''They have said it ohh that we will divide by 2015'',now the Nigeria Labour Congress popularly known as NLC spokesperson Mr Peter Ozo Esun,who is the General Secretary said ''I am confident that the prediction will fall flat on the face .Nigeria will not disintegrate in 2015.Yes we have challenges,we however have confidence that Nigeria will rise to the challenge and deal with these challenges.Nigeria had faced challenges in the past,probably more severe than now and we did not disintegrate.I believe that this country is so united and has created ties that are not easily dissolve-able.The prediction will not come through.We are worried that the country is at war but the body l...
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